Bundling table



July 8 1924. 1,509,835

I T. J. MALONEY BUNDLING TABLE Filed July 12 l 2 Sheets-Sheet 1INVENTOR.

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THOMAS J. LIALDNEY, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO BUNDLING TABLE.

Application filed. July 12, 1923. Serial No. 651,076.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Tnorms J. MALQNEY, acitizen ofthe United States, anda resident of Youngstown, county of \iahoning, and State ofQhio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Bundling Tables, of which thefollowing is a specification, the principle of the invention beingherein explained and the best mode in which f have contemplated applyingthat principle, so as togdistingui-sh it from other inventions.

"The present improvements relate more partioularly to tables such as areused for measuring and bundling small iron pipes and like articles, butit will be of course under stood that (no limitation to any suchparticular use =is-imp'lied. According-to thecurrent practice, the-pipesafter being measured are droppedpnto stationary hooks disposed. alongone side of a table and when such hooks contain the proper number ofpipes, the latter are tied into a bundle and the bundle lifted onto a:truck. The transfer, however, ofsuch bundle to the #truck is extremelyawkard and wasteful of time inasmuch as three men usually are employedto "tie-the bundles and each time a bundle is transferred,'the men haveto step over the bundle-or -'other-wise get out of its way.

' The-object of the present invention accordingly 'is to provide,in-conjunction with a bundling tablegmovable hooklike supporting memberswhich .will normally retain the "desired number of pipesor like articlesas they areasseinbled but'which may upon the bundle being tied be moved:out of the away :and allow such bundle to be deposited onto e. truck orequivalent transporting device 'without requiring any change in positionof thebperatives working at the table.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and' related ends, the invention,then, con-' sistsof the means hereinafterfully described andparticularly pointed out in the claims, the'f'annexed drawings and thefollowing de- @scription setting forth in detail certain mec'hanismembodying the invention, such disclosed anean's constituting, however,but" one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the:invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings ig. 1 is a plan view of a bundling tableembodying my present improvements; Fig. 2 is-a front elevation thereof;and :Fig. 3 is an end elevation viewing "the table from the left'infFigs. l and 2. V

lengthwiseof the-table and the distance oiated with the table is seriesof trans- I versely extending .guidesQ mounted on posts 3 which serve atthe same time to support the itable, the latter together with suchguides 2 being carried by transverse bars 4: secured tozthenpper endsofsaid posts. It will be noted that the guides incline downwardlytowards the table in .order to facilitate the movement of the pipes ontothe latter after they have been lifted from the ships .5 onto saidguides and that the table Loverlies aatraokway-(i at asufficientelevation to permit the passage along said trackway of a truck7 to which the pipes after being bundledare:ultimately to be delivered.

;For .the use of the workmen a raised platform 110 is providedalongsideof saidtrackway 6, such platform affording convenient accesstotheatable at any point thereof. Located :at suitableintervals alongthe same side ,of the track as platform 10 are other posts 11 which risethrough and abovethe platform .to approximately tne same height as:table 1. :Each such ,post carries at its upper end a stop member .12wherewith a hook .member 13, pivot-ally mountedat an adjacent point inthe table, is adapted to contact. The seriesof posts 11 and hooks 13 arepreferably ,equidist-antly spaced tween the .stop members 12 and theedge of the table is-suiiicient to allow a bundle of the desired size topass therethrough when the hooks are mounted out of the way. The

.hooks. are wall mounted on a' longitudinally entendingshaft lithat isprovided with a counterweighted arm 15 normally serving to maintainvtheir hooks in closed position, i. ,e.;'in contact with steps 12. By.means,

however, of an upstanding handle 16 on one end. of said shaft, saidhooks may be swung to theleft, 1. e. in a clockwise direcjtion.--so.asto leave clear the space between the edge of "the table and the sto s12. An arm 17 projects downwardly and inwardly from each post 12 so asto guide a bundle received thereon over the adjacent side of truck 7, asclearly shown in Fig. 3. From the fore going description of theconstruction and operation of the several component parts of my improvedbundling table it is believed the operationof the latter as a whole willbe readily understood. The pipes as received on the table 1 are measuredand collected into bundles in the pocket that is in effect provided bythe series'of hooks l3 when the latter are, as is normally the case,held in contact with stops 12 by means of counterweight 15. hen theproper number has been thus collected, they are tied into a bundle andthe hooks then tipped by suitably swinging lever 16, whereupon thebundle is discharged from the aforesaid pocket and allowed to slide downthe inclined guides 17 onto the truck. It will not only be obvious thatthe workmen on platform 10 will not have to move out of'the way in orderthat the bundle may be thus discharged, but that the labor of measuringand assembling the pipes into bundles is in other respects greatlylessened and the speed with which the bun-x dling can be carried outcorrespondingly increased. g

It will be understood of course that various means other than thespecific arrangement of counterweighted lever 15 and hand lever 16 maybe employed for operating the hooks 13; alsothat a conveyor either ofthe roller or belt type may be substituted for the truck 7 as the meansfor removingthe bundle when discharged from the bundling table.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employedinstead of the one explained, change being made as re gards themechanism herein disclosed, provided the means stated by any of thefollow ing claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my inventionl; The combination of a table, and a series of members projectinghorizontally beyond one edge thereof to form a pocket wherein articlesfrom said table may be as sembled, said membersbeing transverselymovable to drop such assembled articles when desired. j

2. The combination of'a table, and a series of members pivotallyattached to one edge of said table and projecting horizontally therefromand forming apocket wherein articles from said table may be assembled,said members being transversely movable to drop such assembled articleswhen desired.

53. The combination of a table, a SQllQS'Of memberspivotally attached toone edge of saidtable and forming apocliet wherein'ar ,ticles from saidtable maybe assembled, said members being transversely movable to dropveyor beneath said table, when thus dropped. 7

5. The combination of a table, a series of supports disposed alongsideof but spaced from one edge of said table, and members adapted to bridgethe space between such table edge and said supports, said membersnormally forming a pocket wherein articles from said table may beassembled and being transversely movable to clear such space and dropsuch assembled articles.

7 6. The combination of a table, a series of supports disposed alongsideof but spaced i from one edge of said table, and a corresponding seriesof members plvotally attached to said table and adapted to bridge Y thespace between such table edge and said supports, said members normallyforming a pocket wherein articles from said table may be assembled andbeing transversely movable to clear such space and drop such assembledarticles.

7. The combination of a table, a conveyor beneath said table andlongitudinally movable thereof, a series of supports disposed alongsideof but spaced from one edge of said table, a corresponding series ofhooklike members pivotally attached to said table and adapted to bridgethe space between such table edge and said supports, said membersnormally forming a pocket wherein articles from said table may beassembled and being transversely movable toclear such space and dropsuch assembled articles, and downwardly and inwardly inclining guides onsaid supports arranged to direct such as- I sembled articles onto saidconveyor.

7 8. The combination of a table, a conveyor beneath said table andlongitudinally movable t-hereof, a series of supports disposed alongsideof but spaced from one edge of be assembled, and means connected withsaid shaftnormally maintaining said members in contact with said stops.

9. The combination of a table, a conveyorbeneath said table andlongitudinally movable thereof, a series of supports disposed alongsideof but spaced from one edge of said table, an oscillatory shaftextending longitudinally of such table edge, a series ofhook-likemembers carried by said shaft 0pposite said supportsrespectively, stops on said supports adapted to be engaged by saidmembers, and forming therewith a pocket wherein articles from said tablemay be assembled, and a counter-weight connected with said shaftnormally maintaining said members in contact with said stops.

10. The combination of a table, a conveyor beneath said table andlongitudinally movable thereof, a series of supports disposed alongsideof but spaced from one edge of said table, an oscillatory shaftextending longitudinally ofsuch table edge, a series of hook-likemembers carried by said shaft opposite said supports respectively, stopson said supports adapted to be engaged by said members, and formingtherewith a pocket wherein articles from said table may be assembled,means connected with said shaft normally maintaining said members incontact with said stops, and downwardly and inwardly inclining guides onsaid supports arranged to direct such assembled articles onto saidconveyor.

Signed by me, this 9th day of July, 1923.

THOS. J. MALONEY.

